02399oam 22005534a 450 991079743530332120230328145759.01-62190-128-9(CKB)3710000000457152(EBL)1978062(SSID)ssj0001532403(PQKBManifestationID)12645033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532403(PQKBWorkID)11474167(PQKB)10485377(OCoLC)922129804(MdBmJHUP)muse41540(MiAaPQ)EBC1978062(EXLCZ)99371000000045715220140829d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMet His Every Goal?James K. Polk and the Legends of Manifest Destiny /Tom ChaffinFirst edition.Knoxville :University of Tennessee Press,2015.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2015©2015.1 online resource (145 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62190-099-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Traces of the dark horse -- The expansionist -- The autocrat -- The historian and the president -- The legends of Manifest Destiny -- The road to Fort Sumter.<div>Soon after winning the presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk slapped his thigh and predicted what would be the ""four great measures"" of his administration: the acquisition of some or all of the Oregon Country, the acquisition of California, a reduction in tariffs, and the establishment of a permanent independent treasury. Over the next four years, the Tennessee Democrat achieved all four goals. And those milestones-along with his purported enunciation of them-have come to define his presidency. Indeed, repeated <i>ad infinitum</i> in U.S. history textManifest DestinyPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1845-1849Manifest Destiny.Presidents973.6/1092Chaffin Tom803429MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910797435303321Met His Every Goal3696770UNINA